diff --git a/srcpkgs/bash/template b/srcpkgs/bash/template
index a97515f70d9..be58f3453c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bash/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for 'bash'.
 pkgname=bash
 _bash_distver=4.3
-_bash_patchlevel=000
+_bash_patchlevel=008
 version=${_bash_distver}.${_bash_patchlevel}
-revision=3
+revision=1
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_bash_distver}
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--without-bash-malloc --with-curses --with-installed-readline"
@@ -22,17 +22,19 @@ pre_configure() {
 	local url="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-${_bash_distver}-patches"
 	local ver=$(echo ${_bash_distver}|sed "s|\.||g")
 
+	cd ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}
 	if [ "${_bash_patchlevel}" -gt 000 ]; then
-		cd ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR} || return 1
 		for p in $(seq -w 001 ${_bash_patchlevel}); do
-			[ -f ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/bash${ver}-${p} ] && continue
+			if [ -f bash${ver}-${p} ]; then
+				continue
+			fi
 			msg_normal " Fetching ${url}/bash${ver}-$p ...\n"
 			$XBPS_FETCH_CMD ${url}/bash${ver}-$p
 		done
 	fi
 	cd ${wrksrc}
 	for p in $(seq -w 001 ${_bash_patchlevel}); do
-		patch -s -Np0 -i ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/bash${ver}-${p} && \
+		patch -s -Np0 -i ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/bash${ver}-${p} && \
 			msg_normal " Applying patch bash${ver}-$p.\n"
 	done
 }